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Security Center:Release notes

Last Updated:Aug 30, 2023

This topic describes the release notes for Security Center and provides links to the relevant references.

July 2023

Feature

Category

Description

Involved edition

Release date

References

Alerting

Feature iteration

Cloud threat detection is available in Security Center Basic. Users of the Basic, Anti-virus, and Advanced editions can view the details of cloud threat detection.

Basic, Anti-virus, and Advanced

2023-07-31

Functions and features

Anti-ransomware

Feature iteration

The following regions are newly supported by anti-ransomware: Singapore, Philippines (Manila), and SAU (Riyadh).

Anti-virus, Advanced, Enterprise, Ultimate, and Value-added Plan in which the anti-ransomware capacity is purchased

2023-07-25

Overview

Notification

New feature

Notifications of excessive anti-ransomware capacity can be sent.

Anti-virus, Advanced, Enterprise, Ultimate, and Value-added Plan in which the anti-ransomware capacity is purchased

2023-07-21

Use the notification feature

SDK for malicious file detection

New feature

SDK for malicious file detection is released. The feature is developed based on various threat detection engines of Security Center. The feature provides easy-to-use malicious file detection and Object Storage Service (OSS) object detection that can help you identify malicious objects.

Anti-virus, Advanced, Enterprise, Ultimate, and Value-added Plan in which the quota on SDK for malicious file detection is purchased

2023-07-20

SDK for malicious file detection

Vulnerability management

Feature iteration

The feature is supported for Anti-virus and Value-added Plan editions. You must purchase the quota for vulnerability fixing before you can use the vulnerability fixing feature.

Anti-virus and Value-added Plan

2023-07-18

View and handle vulnerabilities

Application protection

Feature iteration

The application protection feature is available for commercial use and can no longer be enabled free of charge. If you have enabled the feature free of charge, you can continue using it until the public preview ends on August 17, 2023.

Advanced, Enterprise, and Ultimate

2023-07-18

Application protection

Service name

Feature iteration

The service name is changed to Security Center.

All editions

2023-07-15

What is Security Center?

Agent

Feature iteration

The supported operating systems of the Security Center agent and the supported operating systems of the client protection feature are updated.

All editions

2023-07-14

Overview of the Security Center agent

Enable features on the Agent Settings tab

Application protection

New feature

The Application Analysis tab is added. You can view statistics of application protection on this tab, including analysis results of application behavior in the last seven days and application access statistics.

Advanced, Enterprise, and Ultimate

2023-07-14

Application protection

Agentless detection

Feature iteration

  • The Scan Configuration panel is added. You can configure vulnerability scan settings, including the scan cycle, scan scope, and detection scope.

  • The Malicious Sample tab is renamed the Alerts tab. You can also configure alert whitelists to manage detected alerts.

Advanced, Enterprise, and Ultimate

2023-07-14

Use the agentless detection feature

Installation of Security Center agent

Feature iteration

The installation commands for Windows servers are optimized. Installation commands for Command Prompt and PowerShell are provided for Windows servers.

All editions

2023-07-14

Install the Security Center agent

Configuration assessment

Feature iteration

Check items can be customized. You are charged based on the number of times that each check item is used.

All editions

2023-07-13

Configuration assessment

June 2023

Feature

Category

Description

Involved edition

Release date

References

Security score

Feature iteration

The security score feature is optimized. Security Center allows you to customize penalty points for each deduction module based on your business requirements.

All editions

2023-06-30

Overview

Exposure analysis

New feature

Security Center provides the exposure analysis feature to identify the clusters that are exposed on the Internet.

Ultimate

2023-06-28

Manage container assets

Anti-ransomware

Feature iteration

The entry point to backup tasks is provided. You can view the details of backup tasks and the error messages of failed backup tasks.

All editions

2023-06-20

Troubleshoot the issues that cause the abnormal status of the anti-ransomware agent and backup tasks

Overview

Feature iteration

The Overview tab of the Overview page is optimized. You can view the information about Security Center, such as the agent installation rate, agent online rate, and distribution of servers by operating system.

All editions

2023-06-08

View information on the Overview tab

Alerts

Feature iteration

Security Center allows you to enter remarks when you handle alerts. This helps you manage the handled alerts.

All editions

2023-06-08

View and handle alert events

May 2023

Feature

Category

Description

Involved edition

Release date

References

Application protection

Feature iteration

The process of automatic access is optimized. The Select Asset dialog box is added, which allows you to add assets for application protection by using the automatic access method in an easier manner.

Advanced, Enterprise, and Ultimate

2023-05-31

Application protection (public preview)

Downgrade

Feature iteration

Security Center supports a decrease in the value of the Protected Servers or vCore parameter when you downgrade Security Center.

Anti-virus, Advanced, Enterprise, and Ultimate

2023-05-25

Upgrade and downgrade Security Center

Container asset overview

Feature iteration

The container network topology feature is renamed the container asset overview feature.

Ultimate

2023-05-11

Use the feature of container asset overview

SOAR

New feature

Security Orchestration Automation Response (SOAR) is launched. SOAR is a comprehensive security solution in which different systems and services are orchestrated and connected based on specific logic. This solution supports automated orchestration and quick response during security O&M.

Anti-virus, Advanced, Enterprise, Ultimate, and Value-added Plan in which the threat analysis feature is purchased

2023-05-10

Use SOAR

Virus blocking

Feature iteration

The virus blocking feature is renamed the malicious behavior defense feature.

Anti-virus, Advanced, Enterprise, and Ultimate

2023-05-05

Enable features on the Host Protection Settings tab

Proactive defense for containers

Feature iteration

Alert events that are generated by the feature of proactive defense for containers are moved to the Alerts page. The container escape prevention feature and the untrusted process defense feature are integrated and moved to the Proactive Defense for Containers page.

Ultimate

2023-05-05

Use the feature of proactive defense for containers

April 2023

Feature

Category

Description

Involved edition

Release date

References

Application protection

New feature

The application protection feature is released. The Java processes of servers and containers can be added to the application protection feature by using the automatic access method. If you use the automatic access method, you do not need to restart the processes. This helps ensure business continuity.

Advanced, Enterprise, and Ultimate

2023-04-23

Use the application protection feature

Vulnerability management

Feature iteration

The issues that cause vulnerability fixing failures are displayed in the Security Center console. The "Troubleshoot the issues that cause vulnerability fixing failures" topic is also provided. You can handle vulnerability fixing failures based on the topic.

Advanced, Enterprise, and Ultimate

2023-04-20

Troubleshoot the issues that cause vulnerability fixing failures

Security score

Feature iteration

The deduction items for the security score are optimized. The maximum penalty point of each module is also limited.

All editions

2023-04-20

Improve the security score

Threat analysis

New feature

The threat analysis feature is released. The feature collects the security logs and alerts of multiple Alibaba Cloud accounts and cloud services. Then, the feature aggregates and analyzes the logs and alerts based on built-in threat detection rules to detect unknown threats. The feature also allows you to configure custom rules.

Anti-virus, Advanced, Enterprise, Ultimate, and Value-added Plan in which the threat analysis feature is purchased

2023-04-18

Overview

Container file protection

New feature

The container file protection feature is released. The feature monitors directories and files in containers in real time, and generates alerts or intercepts tampering operations when the directories or files are tampered with. This prevents applications from being inserted with illegal information or malicious code.

Ultimate

2023-04-13

Container file protection

Virus detection and removal

Feature iteration

The antivirus feature is renamed the virus detection and removal feature. The custom directory scan feature is also released.

Anti-virus, Advanced, Enterprise, and Ultimate

2023-04-07

Use the virus detection and removal feature

March 2023

Feature

Category

Description

Involved edition

Release date

References

Multi-cloud configuration management

New feature

Microsoft Azure virtual machines can be added to Security Center for protection.

All editions

2023-03-31

Use multi-cloud configuration management

Multi-account management

Feature iteration

  • The multi-account control feature is renamed the multi-account management feature.

  • Dashboards are added to display statistics on items such as security scores, at-risk assets, and alerts. You can monitor the risk trends of members in your resource directory by using the management account of your resource directory or a delegated administrator account in a centralized manner.

Anti-virus, Advanced, Enterprise, and Ultimate

2023-03-31

Use the multi-account management feature

Log analysis

New feature

Configuration assessment logs are supported.

Anti-virus, Advanced, Enterprise, and Ultimate

2023-03-28

Log fields

Proxy access

Feature iteration

The proxy access feature is optimized. You can add servers to Security Center by configuring proxy servers.

All editions

2023-03-22

Use the proxy access feature

Host-specific rule management

Feature iteration

The entry points to specific modules are removed to the Protection Configuration > Host Protection > Host-specific Rule Management page. The modules are malicious behavior defense, defense against brute-force attacks, and approved logon management. The approved logon management module allows you to configure approved logon locations, approved logon IP addresses, approved logon time ranges, and approved logon accounts.

All editions

2023-03-17

Use the host-specific rule management feature

Multi-account management

Feature iteration

The multi-account management feature is optimized. You can use the management account of your resource directory or a delegated administrator account to switch between the members in your resource directory and view data in Security Center console of different members.

All editions

2023-03-15

Use the multi-account management feature

Service-linked role for Security Center

New feature

The AliyunServiceRoleForSasRd service-linked role is added. The role allows the delegated administrator accounts of Security Center to log on to the Security Center console of the members in the resource directory to which the delegated administrator accounts belong. This applies when the multi-account management feature is enabled.

All editions

2023-03-15

Service-linked roles for Security Center

Untrusted process defense

New feature

The untrusted process defense feature is released. The feature can detect and block the startup of programs that are not included in the images of your containers during the running of the containers. This helps defend against malicious software intrusion.

Ultimate

2023-03-10

Untrusted process defense

February 2023

Feature

Category

Description

Involved edition

Release date

References

Configuration assessment

Feature iteration

The configurations of specific check items can be modified. The check items include OSS Bucket Immobilizer Configuration, Idle user cleaning, and Password_validity.

All editions

2023-02-22

Configuration assessment

Agentless detection

Feature iteration

The agentless detection feature can check data disks of Elastic Compute Service (ECS) instances.

Advanced, Enterprise, and Ultimate

2023-02-07

Use the agentless detection feature

Application protection

New feature

The application protection feature is upgraded. You can configure a whitelist to allow specific access requests.

Advanced, Enterprise, and Ultimate

2023-02-03

Use the application protection feature

New feature

The QR code of the DingTalk group for the application protection feature is provided on the Application Protection page in the Security Center console. The DingTalk group is numbered 24655011781. You can scan the QR code to join the DingTalk group to obtain technical support for the following scenarios: configure the application protection feature, enable the application protection feature for an application, and use the feature.

Advanced, Enterprise, and Ultimate

2023-02-01

January 2023

Feature

Category

Description

Involved edition

Release date

References

Web tamper proofing

Feature iteration

Web tamper proofing is supported for Anolis OS 8.6 RHCK and Anolis OS 8.6 ANCK.

Anti-virus, Advanced, Enterprise, and Ultimate

2023-01-06

Use the feature of web tamper proofing

Security Center release

New feature

Security Center can be released with a few clicks after it expires. You can repurchase Security Center and select specifications based on your business requirements.

Anti-virus, Advanced, Enterprise, and Ultimate

2023-01-05

None

Security Center release notes

For more information about the release notes of Security Center earlier than 2023, see Release notes (earlier than 2023).